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- From: barthele@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (barthelemy kevin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.emulations,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: v1.3 ROM copying illegal? (was Re: kickstart 512k rom image (copy wanted))
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- Date: 22 Feb 1996 17:46:03 GMT
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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- References: <312914DE.27BE@cs.duke.edu> <4ge9lm$67k@daily-planet.execpc.com> <4gf610$9cl@bignews.shef.ac.uk> <4gg9dk$r3j@serpens.rhein.de> <4ghpkv$600@bignews.shef.ac.uk>
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- Chris (ELA95CSH@shef.ac.uk) wrote:
- : In article <4gg9dk$r3j@serpens.rhein.de>, mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de says...
- : >>I belive Commodore gave their permission for the version 1.3 (and below) ROM
- : >>image to be distributed freely, for use with downgraders. Am I right?
- : >
- : >You are not right.
-
- : Are you sure? I remember (vaguley) reading in Amiga Format or CU Amiga, AGES
- : AGO, that using the 1.3 ROM for degrading (or something) was ok - it might
- : have been Commodore UK who originally said so?
-
- : And what is copying a 1.3 rom going to do to Amiga sales? I hardly expect
- : this to affect Amiga1200/4000s..... ;) Perhaps someone should find-out from
- : Amiga Technologies what their stance is? I've got no idea what address &
- : who to ask is.
-
- Come now, you've got access to usenet...you've got access to magazines...
- how is it that you don't know?
-
- : Can you still BUY a kickstart 1.3 rom? Seems unlikely.. If so, what do they
- : cost?
-
- Once again...you've got access to the magazines...if you don't know that
- 1.3 ROM's are still being sold, it's only because you're too lazy to look.
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